The Center for Educational Outreach works in partnership with JHU and community based organizations to offer an opportunity for Barclay students and families to explore a variety of STEM fields. Participants work directly with faculty, staff, graduate students, and community scientists as they learn about a science and engineering field through a series of hands-on, meaningful tasks. The STEM Exploration Series for the 2019-2020 school year include:
- Explore Flight! – Fall, 2019
- Aerospace Engineering with Engineers without Borders
- Closed to Barclay students participating in the CFA After-School Program
- Explore Space! – Fall, 2019 – Family Engineering Day
- Aerospace Engineering and the Space Exploration Design Challenge
- Open to Barclay and CEO Summer Programs families
- Explore Energy! – Spring, 2020
- Environmental Engineering with Engineers without Borders
- Closed to Barclay students participating in the CFA After-School Program
Previous STEM Exploration Program Offerings:
- Explore Machines! – Spring, 2019
- Mechanical Engineering with Engineers without Borders
- Explore Brains! – Fall, 2018 – Family Engineering Day
- Biomedical Engineering and Mechanical Claw Design Challenge
- Explore Forces! – Winter, 2019
- Civil Engineering with JHU’s Center for Educational Outreach
- Explore Structures! – Fall, 2018
- Civil Engineering with Engineers without Borders
- Explore Materials! – Spring, 2018
- Materials Science with JHU’s Materials Science Department and Western High School
- Explore Wind! – Spring Break, 2018
- Mechanical/Environmental Engineering with JHU’s Center for Educational Outreach
- Explore Deep Time! – Winter, 2018
- Geology and Earth’s History with Center for Educational Outreach and JHU Geology Dept.
- Explore Brains! – Winter, 2018 – Family Engineering Day
- Biomedical Engineering and Safety Helmet Design Challenge with JHU’s BME Student Organization
- Explore Reactions! – Fall, 2018
- Chemical Engineering with JHU’s Engineers without Borders
- Explore Robots! – Spring, 2017
- Mechanical Engineering with JHU’s Laboratory for Computational Sensing Robotics
- Explore Earth! – Spring Break, 2017
- Environmental Engineering with BioEYES, Real Food Farm, and Food Systems Lab
- Explore Brains! – Winter, 2017
- Biomedical Engineering with JHU BME Student Organization
- Explore Space! – Winter, 2017
- Aerospace Engineering with Space Telescope Science Institute (STSci)

Barclay 6th graders visit the Offit Telescope at the Bloomberg Center for Physics and Astronomy during the Explore Space! program.